Tora-san Makes Excuses

Tora-san Makes Excuses
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Written by	Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Produced by	Kiyoshi Shimizu Hiro Fukazawa
Starring	Kiyoshi Atsumi Kumiko Goto
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaba Mitsumi Hanada
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Naozumi Yamamoto
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	December 26, 1992 (1992-12-26)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$26 million[1]

Tora-san Makes Excuses (男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō no Seishun) is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew Mitsuo's Hidetaka Yoshioka love interest or "Madonna", Izumi.[2] It also co-stars Masatoshi Nagase, who plays Mitsuo's rival for Izumi's affection and Mari Natsuki as Izumi's mother. Tora-San Makes Excuses is the forty-fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Cast

• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō[3]
• Chieko Baisho as Sakura
• Jun Fubuki as Choko
• Masatoshi Nagase as Ryusuke
• Masami Shimojō as Kuruma Tatsuzō (Torajirō's uncle )
• Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
• Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
• Kumiko Goto as Izumi Oikawa
• Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
• Mari Natsuki as Ayako Oikawa
• Gajirō Satō as Genkō
• Keiroku Seki as Ponshu
• Chishū Ryū as Gozen-sama

Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san Makes Excuses three and a half out of five stars.[4]

Availability

Tora-san Makes Excuses was released theatrically on December 26, 1992.[5] In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1993 and 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.[6]

References

1. Klady, Leonard (January 3, 1994). "Warner Bros. tops hot box office 100". Variety. p. 42.
2. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (Madonna)". www.tora-san.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2010-02-01. (official site)
3. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
4. "Tora-San Makes Excuses". www.molodezhnaja.ch (in German). Retrieved 2010-02-01.
5. "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
6. 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (1992). www.allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-01.

Bibliography

English

• "OTOKO WA TSURAIYO -TORAJIRO NO SEISHUN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no seishun (1992) at IMDb

Japanese

• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (1992). www.allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• "男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の青春 (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

• Tora-san Makes Excuses Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at www.tora-san.jp (official site)